Microsoft’s New Studio Acquisitions Show How Much Xbox Has Changed

It came as a mild surprise when Microsoft announced Saturday that it was purchasing not just one but two mid-sized studios with a focus on role-playing games. But as strange as it seems on the surface, the deal makes perfect sense for all three parties. At the end of a relatively uneventful Xbox showcase in…

Kingdom Two Crowns, the sequel to the sidescrolling strategy/building game Kingdom New Lands, will be out on console and PC on December 11, publisher Raw Fury announced today. More surprisingly, the game’s medieval European campaign will be supplemented by a Japanese one, with more settings added post-release.

The Week In Games: Stealth Fallout

This week it is all about the bald clone Hitman, Fallout 76‘s Wasteland, and Ticket To Ride for PS4. That’s right, I said dang Ticket To Ride on the PS4. The classic board game that asks you to become a train magnate covering the United States in iron rails is now something you can play…

The Reality Of Official Pikachu Donuts 

Mister Donut, the Japanese based donut chain, has started selling Pikachu donuts. Many of the images circulating online look fine. These, however, appear somewhat off. Here are what the donuts are supposed to look like, compared to the reality Via Pokemon Memo, here are the “mistakes” that have been served to customers Of course, people…

First Set Images Of Hollywood’s Monster Hunter Movie 

From the get-go, it’s sounded like Hollywood’s live-action Monster Hunter movie wasn’t exactly going to be a faithful adaptation of the popular games. Set photos continue to underscore that. The movie is about a UN military team that ends up in another dimension which is overrun with monsters. Jovovich meets a hunter, played by Tony…

The Death Of Final Fantasy XV DLC Memorialized In Mod 

Last week, it was announced that 75 percent of Final Fantasy XV’s upcoming downloadable content was canceled. This past spring, it was announced that there were four more DLC episodes, called Ardyn, Aranea, Luna and Noctis. Only Ardyn remains, and it’s slated for March 2019. The others have been killed off. Requiescat in pace. As…

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Scum Bug Gave Players Ever-Growing Dicks

Online survival game Scum issued a patch yesterday that fixed a number of bugs in the game. Among them one where a player’s penis size “would get bigger with each login.” That’s not where the dick-related patching ends, either. Of the 16 bugs addressed in the update, three were directly related to player junk, including…

Artsy 2D PUBG Replay Is Excellent

A YouTube user name McDrahir has uploaded a replay that depicts a disastrous attempt at storming an apartment building in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. But it’s also pretty good abstract art. From an “in game” perspective, what is going on in the video is pretty comical. A team of two players have posted up in a building,…

‘Shop Contest: Xbox Birthday Trip

Yesterday’s X018 stream was full of Xbox news, but it also had something so much more important: an Xbox in a hat. Your job this week is to send that dang Xbox on some birthday adventures. As a part of a long celebration of all kinds of Xbox stuff, the intrepid hosts of Inside Xbox…

Some Theories About The Diablo Immortal Backlash

Why was the Diablo Immortal backlash so severe? Why didn’t Blizzard see it coming? Today on Kotaku Splitscreen, we discuss. Kotaku’s Maddy Myers returns to the show this week, joining me and Kirk to chat about last week’s big Diablo disaster. First we talk about some of the games we’ve been playing, including Assassin’s Creed…

Sunday Comics: Swimming Pool Lore

Hello! It’s time for Kotaku’s Sunday Comics, your weekly roundup of the best webcomics. The images enlarge if you click on the magnifying glass icon. Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich. Published November 5. Read more of Awkward Zombie Corpse Run by Alex Di Stasi. Published November 8. Read more of Corpse Run Double XP by…